CFP: Women and the Black Diaspora (1/31/04; journal issue)

> -------------------> Canadian Woman Studies/les cahiers de la femme (cws/cf)>> Call for Papers> Women and the Black Diaspora> Winter 2004 (Vol. 23, No. 2)>> CWS/cf’s Winter 2004 issue is committed to examining the various ways> the Black diaspora is gendered, and how both the histories and the> experiences of migration, dispersal and displacement impact women’s> lives. In recent years, notions of diaspora have articulated an> important counter-discourse to understandings of nationhood; however,> discourses of diaspora have themselves been largely masculinist. In this> issue, the focus will be on women’s responses to and negotiations of> diasporic identities. Conceptualizations of “diaspora” are intended to> be open-ended, shifting and fluid. Defining diaspora is an ongoing> debate, and this issue proposes to challenge, call into question, and> redefine definitions of diaspora in specifically gendered terms. We> particularly encourage contributions from women in the grassroots> community that narrate their own experiences or histories of dispersal> and migration, and their relationships to national and diasporic> identities. Alternate, performative forms of narration such as theatre,> storytelling, music and poetry are also welcome.>> Possible topics include:>> •Black women’s diaspora connections between various sites, such as> Canada,> the Caribbean, the United States, the> United Kingdom, etc.> •Black women’s diaspora connections within Canada (i.e. between> Halifax and> Toronto, Toronto and Montreal, etc.)> •Diasporic versus national identities/identifications> •Canadian immigration policy past and present, and its impact on women> •Changing definitions of citizenship rights and entitlements> •Multiculturalism: policy and practice> •Diaspora critiques of Canadian multiculturalism> •Systemic discrimination and racism> •Current issues around employment training and accreditation> •The politics of language> •Legacies of transatlantic slavery—continued impacts on diasporic> subjects?> •Discourses of diaspora, transnationalism and globalization> •Representations of the Black diaspora in cultural productions such as> literature, theatre, dub poetry, film, visual arts> •Musics of the Black diaspora> •Literal and conceptual spaces—(re)articulating “home,” movement and> fixity> •Black women and motherhood/other mothering> •Black women and health (or health care)> •Black women and academia> •The images of Black women in the Black press> •Sister to sister: black women and friendship>> Your ideas for additional topics are welcome. Invited are essays,> research reports, true stories, poetry, drawings, and other artwork> which illuminate these issues.>> Deadline: January 31st, 2004>> Articles should be typed, double-spaced, and a maximum of 12 pages long> (3000 words). A short (50-word) abstract of the article and a brief> biographical note must accompany each submission. If your manuscript has> been word-processed, please include a 3.5" disk copy. We give preference> to previously unpublished material. If possible, please submit graphics> or photographs to accompany your article. Please note CWS/cf reserves> the right to edit manu-scripts with respect to length and clarity, and> in conformity with our house-style. To encourage use of the material> published, CWS/cf has granted electronic rights to Micromedia Ltd. and> Information Access (Canadian Periodical Index). Any royalties received> will be used by CWS/cf to assist the publication in disseminating its> messsage.>> Write or call as soon as possible indicating your intention to submit> your> work.>> Canadian Woman Studies/les cahiers de la femme> 212 Founders, York University, 4700 Keele St. Toronto, ON M3J 1P3> Telephone: (416) 736-5356 Fax: (416) 736-5765 E-mail: cwscf_at_yorku.ca>